Most people when they’re searching for something on the web will simply enter whatever it is into the Google search bar and get the results. Fortunately, Google has become better and better at making sense of what you type and delivering you the most relevant search results. You can pretty much type anything in Google now and it will know what you’re talking about. That said, sometimes you might need to drill down a little further and be a little more specific with your search. That’s where search syntax comes into play. If you use special search syntax with Google you can sometimes get better...
Google Zeitgeist has released its lists of the most popular search terms of 2008.
Here's the fastest rising searches globally for 2008 as compared to 2007:
Sarah Palin
beijing 2008
facebook login
tuenti
heath ledger
obama
nasza klasa
wer kennt wen
euro 2008
jonas brothers
Click here to see the other Zeitgeist lists.
Google has announced their popular Google Book Search engine now includes magazine archives in full color, page-to-page, browseable format!!
Read all about it on the Google Blog.
Rumors are flying around once again that Microsoft may be on the verge of acquiring Yahoo again.
The deal, according to the Times Online, would see Microsoft injecting a new management team into Yahoo! with Jonathan Miller, the former chief executive of AOL and Ross Levinsohn, the former president of Fox Interactive Media at the helm.
Regardless of whether or not Microsoft is successful this time around, I'm betting that sooner or later they're gonna get Yahoo.